Director of Market Liquidity

Securitize

7d • Remote

About The Position

Securitize, a leader in tokenizing real-world assets with significant AUM, is expanding its team to bring the world on-chain through tokenized funds. The company partners with top-tier asset managers and operates as a SEC-registered broker dealer, digital transfer agent, fund administrator, and an SEC-regulated Alternative Trading System (ATS). Securitize is a global, fully remote team backed by major financial and technology investors, and has been recognized as a Forbes Top 50 Fintech company. The Director of Market Liquidity will report to the CEO of Securitize Markets and will be responsible for developing and maturing the market and liquidity environment for trading various tokenized securities across OTC, ATS, crypto exchanges, and decentralized platforms. This role involves building a comprehensive network of liquidity providers, broker-dealers, and trading platforms, and establishing Securitize’s dealer and market-making function. The individual will ensure robust market liquidity solutions, including on-chain and off-chain execution options, and trustworthy custodial and settlement alternatives.

Requirements

• 10+ years in capital markets with senior responsibility for trading, execution, or market structure.
• Direct experience trading or managing trading across equities, fixed income, derivatives, FX, and digital assets.
• Track record building and managing broker-dealer relationships and institutional liquidity provider networks.
• Working knowledge of Reg NMS, Reg ATS, FINRA rules, and SEC oversight of broker-dealers and ATSs.
• Experience with electronic trading platforms (ECN, ATS, or exchange), including matching engine design, FIX protocol, OMS and EMS integration, and TCA.
• Demonstrated ability to launch new trading products & markets from concept to trading.
• FINRA Series 7 & 24 required (55/57 desirable) or commitment to obtain within 6 months.
• Advanced degree in finance, computer science, or quantitative discipline required.

Nice To Haves

• Direct experience with tokenized assets, blockchain settlement, or digital asset securities.
• Prior senior role at an ATS, ECN, exchange, or institutional broker-dealer.
• International markets experience and work with global asset managers.
• Quantitative trading, algorithm design, or trading analytics background.
• Prior experience supporting a firm through a public listing or material scale-up.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and maturation of a robust market and liquidity environment for the trading of a variety of tokenized securities across OTC market maker liquidity, ATS/order book liquidity, crypto exchanges, and decentralized platforms.
• Build a comprehensive participant network of liquidity providers, broker-dealers, and trading platforms.
• Stand up Securitize’s dealer and market making function across tokenized equities, ETFs, funds, treasuries, and other assets on the platform.
• Ensure viable and robust market liquidity solutions for Securitize’s products, including on-chain and off-chain execution options.
• Ensure the presence of trustworthy custodial alternatives for securities, cash and stablecoins, and settlement alternatives, including instant settlement and other settlement timeframes.
• Recruit and onboard liquidity providers, wallet providers, broker-dealers, asset managers as ATS participants.
• Build relationships across execution, prime brokerage & capital markets desks.
• Build relationships with market makers, AMMs and other LPs.
• Build relationships with crypto exchanges and work with them to enable our ability to distribute and trade tokenized securities on their platforms.
• Coordinate with custodians, prime brokers, and clearing partners to support trading and settlement workflows.
• Negotiate participant agreements, connectivity, and routing arrangements.
• Design and launch the firm's dealer function for tokenized securities on the ATS.
• Define inventory policy, capital allocation, and risk limits for principal trading.
• Establish quoting frameworks for order book and RFQ liquidity.
• Hire and lead a market making and trading team.
• Set best execution and trade cost analysis frameworks across asset classes.
• Direct trading platform roadmap including order book, RFQ, and crossing functionality.
• Own OMS and EMS integration, FIX connectivity, and post-trade reporting.
• Coordinate on-chain settlement workflows with Securitize LLC (transfer agent) and custody partners.
• Partner with technology on matching engine, surveillance, and pre-trade risk controls.
• Support FINRA CMA filings to expand broker-dealer activities, including trading in tokenized NMS securities.
• Engage with regulators and industry bodies on Reg NMS, Reg ATS, Rule 15c3-3, and tokenization frameworks.
• Represent Securitize Markets in industry forums covering tokenized securities markets.
• Drive commercial readiness for the NYSE Digital Trading Platform partnership.
• Work with current and prospect corporate issuers and asset managers to enable acceptable secondary trading alternatives for their tokenized products.
• Define market structure and trading requirements for new issuances on Securitize’s ATS, and coordinate the same with other venues.
• Lead the trading framework rollout for tokenized public equities.

Benefits

• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Equity Grant Opportunities
• Remote Work Flexibility
• Comprehensive Insurance Coverage – Employer-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits for you and your family.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior